Maker of OxyContin Gets Hit with Another State Lawsuit May 16, 2019 By Geoff Mulvihill The company that makes OxyContin did not stop pitching the powerful opioid painkiller to doctors even when its sales representatives...
West Virginia Hospitals Seek Damages from Opioid Companies in New Lawsuit May 3, 2019 By Anthony Izaguirreirre Hospitals in West Virginia have banded together to sue some of the country’s largest opioid companies, saying they flooded Appalachia...
Wyoming’s Opioid-Related Deaths Low, But Still A Concern April 9, 2019 Opioid abuse and related deaths in Wyoming have not reached the crisis levels of some other states, but remain a...
Doctor, Early Advocate for Opioids, to Testify Against Drug Makers: Reuters April 8, 2019 By Lisa Girion and Maria Caspani A physician ally of Purdue Pharma LP whose views helped drive the explosive growth in the use of addictive pain...
Arkansas Judge Refuses to Dismiss Claims Against Opioid Drug Makers April 7, 2019 An Arkansas judge has rejected a request to dismiss the state’s lawsuit against three drugmakers that alleges they made false...
Vermont Sues Two Prescription Opioid Distributors March 29, 2019 By Lisa Rathke Vermont filed a lawsuit against two pharmaceutical distributors, accusing them of selling ever-increasing amounts of prescription opioids in the state...
Purdue to Settle Oklahoma’s Opioids Lawsuit Weeks Before Trial to Open March 26, 2019 By Nate Raymond Purdue Pharma LP has agreed to settle a lawsuit by the state of Oklahoma accusing the OxyContin painkiller maker of...
Family Behind Purdue Pharma Facing Second Suit Over Role in Opioid Crisis March 21, 2019 By Jef Feeley The billionaire family that owns opioid-maker Purdue Pharma LP has been accused by local governments in a new lawsuit of...
Oklahoma High Court Rejects Immediate Delay of Opioid Trial, Sets Hearing Date March 15, 2019 By Tim Talley The Oklahoma Supreme Court has rejected a request by drugmakers to immediately postpone the start of what is expected to...
Oklahoma Judge Denies Purdue Pharma Bid to Delay Landmark Opioid Trial March 11, 2019 By Nate Raymond OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP and two other drugmakers on Friday lost a bid to delay a landmark trial set...